Nehemiah 2:19

Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem's Walls

¹⁸ Then I related to them how the good hand of my God was on me and what the king had said to me. Then they replied, "Let's begin rebuilding right away!" So they readied themselves for this good project. ¹⁹ But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard all this, they derided us and expressed contempt toward us. They said, "What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?" ²⁰ I responded to them by saying, "The God of heaven will prosper us. We his servants will start the rebuilding. But you have no just or ancient right in Jerusalem."

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Ammonites

Arab

Sanballat

Tobiah

Tobijah

Nehemiah 6:6

Written in it were the following words: "Among the nations it is rumored (and Geshem has substantiated this) that you and the Jews have intentions of revolting, and for this reason you are building the wall. Furthermore, according to these rumors you are going to become their king.

Nehemiah 6:1-2

When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and no breach remained in it (even though up to that time I had not positioned doors in the gates),

Psalm 44:13-14

You made us an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.

Ezra 4:15-16

so that he may initiate a search of the records of his predecessors and discover in those records that this city is rebellious and injurious to both kings and provinces, producing internal revolts from long ago. It is for this very reason that this city was destroyed.

Nehemiah 2:10

When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard all this, they were very displeased that someone had come to seek benefit for the Israelites.

Nehemiah 4:1

Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall he became angry and was quite upset. He derided the Jews,

Nehemiah 6:9

All of them were wanting to scare us, supposing, "Their hands will grow slack from the work, and it won't get done." So now, strengthen my hands!

Job 30:1

"But now they mock me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I disdained too much to put with my sheep dogs.

Psalm 79:4

We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.

Psalm 80:6

You have made our neighbors dislike us, and our enemies insult us.

Jeremiah 20:8

For whenever I prophesy, I must cry out, "Violence and destruction are coming!" This message from the Lord has made me an object of continual insults and derision.

Mark 5:40

And they began making fun of him. But he put them all outside and he took the child's father and mother and his own companions and went into the room where the child was.

Luke 23:2

They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king."

John 19:12

From this point on, Pilate tried to release him. But the Jewish leaders shouted out, "If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar! Everyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar!"

Acts 24:5

For we have found this man to be a troublemaker, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

Hebrews 11:36

And others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.